Category Archives: Rescues

From cages to freedom

5/28/2021 500 hens are free! Early this morning, a team of five Animal Place staff members headed to a California egg farm to save the lives of 500 hens. These hens have lived inside barren, metal wire cages for 3.5 years, the oldest hens we have rescued from battery cage facilities. Normally, egg farms kill the […]

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Welcome Wilma the Pig

Meet Wilma, the 6-mos-old piglet rescued from the Future Farmers of America!

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Ten lucky lambs arrive at Animal Place

Meet lucky lambs who escaped death and are now safe at Animal Place.

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Your help needed for Evelyn the piglet!

Meet Evelyn, one of six piglets who arrived from a hoarding rescue!

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Meet Fish

Meet Fish  7/24/2017 Today, Fish starts a new life at Animal Place. Raised for his flesh as part of a Future Farmers of America (FFA) project, Fish’s student caregiver decided she wanted something different for the 1-yr-old sheep. Local activist Chelsea Pinkham offered the student a unique opportunity – instead of sending Fish to slaughter, […]

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#22,681, Her Name Is

Meet Wanda and 999 of her sisters and help them thrive at our rescue and adoption center!

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Meet Jett the sheep tied to a flagpole

Tied to a flagpole, left to die, Jett is now safe and sound at Animal Place.

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From House of Horror to Safe Haven

Meet Angi, an incredible pig with an incredible story of survival.

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Hens Over Humans (Video)

Meet some of the 1,310 hens saved from being gassed to death at an egg farm. Watch this delightful video!

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Baby Goat Bella Bounces Into Our Hearts (Video)

 Bella is only a little under a month old and, in that time, has bounced securely into our hearts. Her mother, (vegan) Butterscotch, was found loose and taken to flock partner Napa County Animal Services’ shelter. We can only guess she escaped from a dairy farm. . . sadly, her horns were terribly chopped off, […]

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